The Rifleman
"Welcome to The McCain Ranch"Richard AndersonActor | Producer

Richard
Anderson appeared in The Rifleman six times ― One Went to Denver as Tom Birch an old friend of Lucas' ―
Lariat
as Lariat Jones, an old friend of Lucas', he too was in love with Margaret
― Miss Bertie
as Duke Jennings, the cowboy that Miss Bertie had a wanted poster on.Lariat ―The Rife in which Lucas threw at Tom Birch at the end of the episode
was a rubber rifle. Chuck would take the rifle home and let his
kids play with it.

Anderson was born August 8, 1926 in Long Branch, New Jersey, the son of Olga (née Lurie) and Harry Anderson. Richard Anderson appeared in high school plays, served a hitch in the Army and, upon his discharge, began doing summer stock, radio work, a movie bit part (a wounded soldier in
Twelve
O'clock High and all the other minor jobs required of your basic struggling actor. He did comedy scenes on a "screen test"-like TV series called
"Lights, Camera, Action!" (1950) and impressed the right people at MGM, who offered him a contract. After leaving MGM he continued to dabble in movies while at the same time becoming a huge presence on TV.

He is probably is best known for his role as Lee Major's and
Lindsay Wagner's boss, Oscar Goldman in both The Six Million Dollar Man and
The Bionic Woman TV series and their 3 subsequent made for TV movies. In the
1990s, his fame continued as he served as narrator of Kung Fu: The Legend
Continues. Beginning in the early 1950s, Anderson appeared in a number of TV
shows including Zorro ― Perry Ma (a recurring role as police lieutenant
Steve Drumm, replacing the character of Lt. Tragg), Death Valley Days ― I
Spy ― The Man from U.N.C.L.E. ― The Fugitive (Richard Kimble's
brother-in-law) ―Bonanza and The Big Valley among others.

In addition
to his appearances on The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman in the
70's, Anderson has more recently produced the TV-movie reprises of that
series. Anderson also guest starred on Gunsmoke ― Ironside and
The Love
Boat. He was just as busy in the 1980s guest starring on Charlie's
Angels ― Knight Rider ― Remington Steele ― Cover Up ― The Fall Guy ― Simon &
Simon ― Hardcastle & McCormick and Murder, She Wrote. Anderson also
had a recurring role as Senator Buck Fallmont on Dynasty from 1986-1987.

Is one of the
very few actors to play the same regular character on two different series
simultaneously. From 1976 to 1978, he played Oscar Goldman on both
The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman.

Anderson may
also be remembered as a commercial spokesperson for the Shell Oil Company in
the United States known as The Shell Answer Manappeared in commercials from 1976 to 1982.

Personal Quotes: When people ask me where I received my education, I tell
them it was at MGM-U. The biggest lessons I learned is that acting is a
talent. You can't teach it. And even if you have the talent you have to get
a part.